Admitted
1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
Law School
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1996
Law School Graduation Year
1996
College
University of Illinois, B.S., cum laude, with distinction, 1991; University of Illinois, M.S., 1993
Memberships
Peoria County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Committee); Defense Research Institute; Abraham Lincoln Inns of Court; American Inns of Court.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Illinois State Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year, 2003. Senior Articles Editor, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, 1995-1996. Co-author: with R.H. Jennetten and M.D. Pretorius, Defenses to Third Party Actions in Tort, in Third Party Practice (IICLE 2000). Author: State Environmental Agreements with Foreign Powers: The Compact Clause and the Foreign Affairs Power of the States, 8 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 141, 1995.